Greenpoint's shelter wars continued last night as 150 residents turned out to protest the latest plan for 400 McGuinness Boulevard, a proposed 200-bed men's homeless shelter. Neighbors are worried about the degentrification of the community. Not persuading anybody, shelter operator Bowery Residents' Committee promised that 400 McGuinness would be the "best assessment center in New York City." Nobody tell Chelsea. [BK Paper; previously]
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